5 February 2015
Avianca places $10.6bn preliminary order with Airbus for 100 A320neo aircraft
Colombian airline group Avianca Holdings has placed a $10.6bn preliminary order with Airbus to purchase 100 A320neo family aircraft.
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5 February 2015
Singapore aviation agency partners with Aireon to enhance aircraft tracking
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has partnered with Aireon to improve aircraft tracking in Singapore airspace.
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5 February 2015
Moon Express to flight test upgraded lunar lander vehicle MTV-1A
Moon Express is preparing to carry out test flights of its upgraded lunar lander test vehicle, MTV-1A, at Nasa's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, US later this month.
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5 February 2015
LATAM Airlines receives first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
Latin America's LATAM Airlines Group has taken delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, becoming the first carrier in the region to operate the aircraft.
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4 February 2015
UK allocates £80m for aerospace research activities
The UK Government has allocated funding of £80m to support research activities in aerospace technologies.
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4 February 2015
Industry group opposes ICAO’s new aircraft tracking standard for business jets
The International Business Aviation Council (IBAC) is reportedly opposing the new aircraft tracking standard recommended by United Nations' International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) for business jets.
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4 February 2015
Mesa Airlines to buy seven Bombardier CRJ900 NextGen aircraft
Mesa Airlines has signed a deal with Bombardier to purchase seven CRJ900 NextGen aircraft.
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4 February 2015
Death toll rises to 32 in TransAsia Airways aircraft crash in Taiwan
Taiwan's Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has confirmed the death toll in the TransAsia Airways' ATR 72-600 aircraft crash has increased to 32, while 12 people are unaccounted for.
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3 February 2015
Civil Air Patrol to buy 21 Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft
The US Civil Air Patrol (CAP) has placed an order with Textron's subsidiary Cessna Aircraft to buy 21 Cessna Skyhawk 172 aircraft.
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3 February 2015
Study confirms viability of Sierra Nevada’s Dream Chaser for use in space missions
A new study has confirmed the viability of using Sierra Nevada's (SNC) Dream Chaser, a suborbital and orbital lifting-body spacecraft, for crewed and uncrewed space missions to low-earth orbit.